Saturday!

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Day off! 1.5 hour drive through rolling hills, corn fields & past horse drawn carts to Oradea. Walked through 30 foot thick brick fortifications of Monastery started in 1077 to 1857 & has had ongoing military use. Bright long skirts & long beards in market. Wooden crafts, thick wool socks much needed, boots, very fresh red pepper & pig's head. The Roman orthodox church's steeple has a large revolving moon showing its phases. All the walls were covered with detailed saints, princes etc paintings. The Hungarian Roman Catholic church gleams in gold, paintings & icons. There is one remaining Jewish Synagogue. The Jewish merchants built very ornate, carved features Gaudi type buildings. GEM missionaries took us to an elegant Hungarian restaurant. Richard does pastor conferences, teaches worship leading with choral music & is writing a worship seminar on Psalms. Dawn, who picked us up in Tashnad, works with the government to assist placing orphans in Romanian homes. Her program supplies young mothers with baby formulas & Pampers for baby's first year.